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Acrostic :: Acrostic (n.) A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto..

Pentacrostic :: Pentacrostic (n.) A set of verses so disposed that the name forming the subject of the acrostic occurs five times -- the whole set of verses being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.

Telestich :: Telestich (n.) A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic..

Paracrostic :: Paracrostic (n.) A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem..

Acrostical :: Acrostical (n.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics..

Acrostically :: Acrostically (adv.) After the manner of an acrostic.

Acrostic :: Acrostic (n.) Alt. of Acrostica.

Acrostic :: Acrostic (n.) A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.

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